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Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese- 0226619508, hardcover, Ohnuki-Tierney
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese- 0226619508, hardcover,
- Artist
- Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko
- ISBN
- 9780226619507
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226619508
ISBN-13
9780226619507
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50230812
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
246 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Kamikaze Diaries : Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers
Publication Year
2006
Subject
Military / World War II, Asia / Japan, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
18.6 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-035596
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"With the June publication of [ Kamikaze Diaries ] . . . and the premiere of Clint Eastwood's film "Letters from Iwo Jima," the image of Japanese soldiers created in the milieu of World War II propaganda will receive a long overdue makeover.", The diaries . . . are gripping in their emotional impact and provide us with extensive insights into the lives of these tragic young men., [The book] is a tremendous contribution to gaining a deeper understanding of the human legacy imbued with the kamikazes. Well-written, the narrative is difficult, for the reader understands that these student soldiers' lives of great promise all ended prematurely., "The poems, letters and diaries featured in this book give the lie to the notion that Japan was unified behind the war. The voices of the student soldiers speak thoughtfully and eloquently about their dilemma between duty to the nation and wanting to stay alive. . . . A timely and necessary correction of a popular myth, and an important contribution to an understanding of Japan at war."- Economist, "With the June publication of [ Kamikaze Diaries ] . . . and the premiere ofΒ Clint Eastwood's film "Letters from Iwo Jima," the image of Japanese soldiers created in the milieu of World War II propaganda will receive a long overdue makeover.", The diaries are fascinating as the scant, sometimes eloquent, painfully inadequate trail left behind by self-aware young men in the pressurized months before their certain doom. . . . The study has useful things to tell us about our recent history. It brings into tantalizing view some unexdpected questions about the uses and limitations of humane education, and turns a raw light on the sinister powers of militarism that continue to threaten all of us., Ohnuki-Tierney provides a valuable service in delving beyond the stereotype into the minds of these frightened, thoughtful students., The poems, letters and diaries featured in this book give the lie to the notion that Japan was unified behind the war. The voices of the student soldiers speak thoughtfully and eloquently about their dilemma between duty to the nation and wanting to stay alive. . . . A timely and necessary correction of a popular myth, and an important contribution to an understanding of Japan at war., Ohnuki-Tierney''s work presents a deeper exposition than hitherto available in English of tokkotai pilots'' personal backgrounds and humanizes their struggles. The Anglophone reading audience is richer for her contribution. . . . Read in tandem, the first book offers historical analysis, while the second provides a thorough . . . annotated and translateed insight into what the student pilots read., "With the June publication of [ Kamikaze Diaries ] . . . and the premiere of Clint Eastwood''s film "Letters from Iwo Jima," the image of Japanese soldiers created in the milieu of World War II propaganda will receive a long overdue makeover."-, By giving us gimpses of [the pilot's] inner world, Ohnuki-Tierney reminds us of the humanity of all combatants., [The book] is a tremendous contribution to gaining a deeper understanding of the human legacy imbued with the kamikazes. Well-written, the narrative is difficult, for the reader understands that these student soldiers'' lives of great promise all ended prematurely., Ohnuki-Tierney's work presents a deeper exposition than hitherto available in English of tokkotai pilots' personal backgrounds and humanizes their struggles. The Anglophone reading audience is richer for her contribution. . . . Read in tandem, the first book offers historical analysis, while the second provides a thorough . . . annotated and translateed insight into what the student pilots read.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
940.54/49520922 B
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Author's Note Preamble Introduction Chapter 1: Sasaki Hachiro "What is patriotism? . . . the killing of millions of people and depriving billions of people of basic human freedom . . . ?" Chapter 2: Hayashi Tadao "All will crumble / Japan will meet its finale" Chapter 3: Takushima Norimitsu "Why must we fight? We no longer have any purpose for fighting." Chapter 4: Matsunaga Shigeo and Matsunaga Tatsuki "War is another name for murder. . . ." Chapter 5: Hayashi Ichizo "We are assigned the location of our death." Chapter 6: Nakao Takenori "Am I to simply die without any meaning to my life?" Notes References Index
Synopsis
"We tried to live with 120 percent intensity, rather than waiting for death. We read and read, trying to understand why we had to die in our early twenties. We felt the clock ticking away towards our death, every sound of the clock shortening our lives." So wrote Irokawa Daikichi, one of the many kamikaze pilots, or tokkotai , who faced almost certain death in the futile military operations conducted by Japan at the end of World War II. This moving history presents diaries and correspondence left by members of the tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the war. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics and chauvinists who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. But the writings explored here by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney clearly and eloquently speak otherwise. A significant number of the kamikaze were university students who were drafted and forced to volunteer for this desperate military operation. Such young men were the intellectual elite of modern Japan: steeped in the classics and major works of philosophy, they took Descartes' "I think, therefore I am" as their motto. And in their diaries and correspondence, as Ohnuki-Tierney shows, these student soldiers wrote long and often heartbreaking soliloquies in which they poured out their anguish and fear, expressed profound ambivalence toward the war, and articulated thoughtful opposition to their nation's imperialism. A salutary correction to the many caricatures of the kamikaze, this poignant work will be essential to anyone interested in the history of Japan and World War II.
LC Classification Number
D792.J3O265 2006
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